We've created an iOS and Android app that calculates if the power requirements of a linear regulator cause the temperature of the device to rise to unsafe, component-damaging levels.

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Using slow shutter-speed photography to capture sound waveforms

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The most complicated, over-the-top, MacGyver-Van Damme'd remote-controlled laser!

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Best of 2016 at SparkFun

There was plenty of good stuff in 2016!

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These Raspberry Pi tips and Python tricks let you take your sensing projects off the desk and into the wild with wireless transmission and processing of data.

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Check out the new and improved, tightened-up SparkFun Eagle libraries - now with uniformity, verified packages and documentation!

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We rag on the patent system pretty often here in Open-Source-Landia. Let's take a look at a few positive contributions patent holders are trying to make to our lives!

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-or- Engineering Is Always Yak-Shaving.

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Enginursday: Levitating Light

Create your very own levitating light with just a handful of parts.

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I started with a PiRetrocade kit and kept adding until I had a major appliance on my hands: my very own full-size arcade cabinet!

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Make your own digital handpan drum using the Teensy Audio Shield and the Teensy's built-in capacitive touch inputs.

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Enginursday: Haunted Spirit Board

Creating your very own animated prop for Halloween utilizing the STK!

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Conformal coatings have always been a big thing in the electronics world, but you rarely see it in the hobbyist/prototyping market. Here's our experience and where it is beneficial to use.

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Filter noise from your latest paranormal investigation field recordings, audio-capturing UAV or anything not related to either of those two things.

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Enginursday: Battle of the RTC

New tutorials and Arduino libraries for the DeadOn RTC and Real Time Clock module breakout boards – plus, a fun little analog clock project.

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A few thoughts on prototyping and breadboarding

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Your farm-to-table walkthrough of solar power: Where does it come from, where does it go, and how many suns will you need for YOUR project?

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Enginursday: SparkFun Pong

A new twist to the classic party game, Beer Pong!

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SparkFun Things

We've made a "Stranger Things"-inspired message wall for your viewing (and tweeting!) pleasure.

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How JavaScript has evolved into a language supporting an entire ecosystem of devices

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